Royals keep world waiting for baby's name
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Weiner faces new scandal, now with wife at side
NEW
YORK (AP) — When a heckled, harried Anthony Weiner resigned from
Congress and apologized for the explicit messages that had destroyed his
career, a key figure was notably absent: his then-pregnant wife, Huma
Abedin.Read More ...
Fire breaks out on evacuated Gulf gas well
NEW
ORLEANS (AP) — An out-of-control natural gas well off the Louisiana
coast caught fire late Tuesday, hours after 44 workers were safely
evacuated from the drilling rig following a mid-morning blowout, a
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Priestly vocations a challenge for Pope Francis
RIO
DE JANEIRO (AP) — Camilo Sandoval says he faces the choice of a
lifetime: He can study engineering in college or he can devote himself
to the church.Read More ...
Detroit bankruptcy tests state pension protections
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financial future may hinge on this key question: Is the city obliged to
its past? Or can Detroit renege on its promises to thousands of retirees
for the sake of its present city services?Read More ...
William, Kate, show off their royal newborn son
LONDON
(AP) — Prince William and his wife Kate presented their newborn son to
the world for the first time Tuesday, drawing whoops and wild applause
from well-wishers as they revealed the new face of the British monarchy —
though not, yet, his name.Read More ...
AP PHOTOS: Big Mass on Rio beach as pope rests
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Crisis-weary Kuwait stumbles toward new elections
KUWAIT
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Kuwait heads into parliamentary elections the backstory seems to
overshadow the vote.Read More ...
Building homes that make more power than they take
NEW
PALTZ, N.Y. (AP) — Homes being built in this Hudson Valley cul-de-sac
offer prospective buyers wooded lots, pretty views and — oh yes — the
promise of thumbing your nose at the power utility.Read More ...
Players deplore doping rather than defend users
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House GOP, Democrats clash over immigration
WASHINGTON
(AP) — House Republicans took a tentative step toward offering
citizenship to some unauthorized immigrants Tuesday, but hit an
immediate wall of resistance from the White House on down as Democrats
said it wasn't enough.Read More ...
Report: Economic concerns drive college choices
WASHINGTON
(AP) — College costs are driving decisions about which schools to
attend, what to study and even where to live, according to a report from
loan giant Sallie Mae.Read More ...
Pope wants to be with people; clergy want him safe
RIO
DE JANEIRO (AP) — Pope Francis' decision to shun a major security
detail for his visit to Brazil exemplifies his view of what the Roman
Catholic Church should be doing: Go out into the streets. Spread the
faith. Recapture the dynamism that other denominations have been using
to snap up souls.Read More ...
Last 2 female victims in Ohio slayings identified
EAST
CLEVELAND, Ohio (AP) — All three women whose bodies were found wrapped
in trash bags in a dilapidated northeast Ohio neighborhood have been
identified, families and authorities said.Read More ...
Apple's 3Q earnings sag, but top Street estimates
SAN
FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple's sales of older, less expensive iPhones climbed
in its latest quarter, highlighting the challenges facing the world's
most valuable technology company as it tries to reverse a recent decline
in its earnings and prove that it can still innovate.Read More ...
Anthony Weiner caught in another sexting scandal
NEW
YORK (AP) — Anthony Weiner found himself caught in another sexting
scandal Tuesday like the one that destroyed his congressional career,
but stood side-by-side with his wife to say he won't drop out of the
race for mayor of New York.Read More ...
Weiner not dropping out of NYC mayoral race
Anthony
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light of newly revealed explicit online correspondence with a young
woman.Read More ...
Speechwriter offers 'unfiltered' view of Obama
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William and Kate show off royal baby
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Al-Qaida says it freed 500 inmates in Iraq jail-break
By
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Tuesday for simultaneous raids on two Iraqi prisons and said more than
500 inmates had been set free in the operation, one of its most brazen
in Iraq. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, formed earlier this
year through a merger of al Qaeda's affiliates in Syria and Iraq, said
it had stormed Baghdad's Abu Ghraib jail and another, some 20 km (12
miles) north of capital, after months of preparation. ...Read More ...
47 rescued from Gulf rig after natural gas blowout
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Officials identify second East Cleveland murder victim
By
Kim Palmer EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio (Reuters) - Authorities have identified
the second of three murder victims found dumped in plastic garbage bags
in an East Cleveland neighborhood as 28-year-old Shetisha Sheeley, the
city's mayor said on Tuesday. East Cleveland Mayor Gary Norton said the
body of Sheeley, a resident of Cleveland, was discovered Saturday in a
weeded lot near two other bodies. East Cleveland is a low-income city of
about 27,000 people outside Cleveland. Authorities on Monday confirmed
the identity of the first victim as Angela Deskins, 38, also of
Cleveland. ...Read More ...
Cop who released Tsarnaev photos on restricted duty
Sgt.
Sean Murphy, the Massachusetts state trooper who gave graphic photos
documenting the surrender of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar
Tsarnaev to Boston magazine, was placed on placed on restricted desk
duty Tuesday pending the outcome of an internal investigation.Read More ...
Federal appeals court rules that execution drug can't be imported
WASHINGTON
(AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the Food and Drug
Administration was wrong to allow a misbranded and unapproved new drug
to be imported for use in executions by lethal injection.Read More ...
NYC airport fully reopens after jet's hard landing
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City's LaGuardia Airport fully reopened Tuesday, a day after the collapse of a plane's front landing gear sent it skidding along the tarmac and temporarily closed the airport.
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Homeland Security nominee under investigation
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Paying for college by grants, scholarships
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Photos: Pope Francis a big hit in Brazil, but protests continue
People
reach out to Pope Francis as he rides in a popemobile through Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, July 22, 2013. Pope Francis returned to his
home continent for the first time as pontiff, embarking on a seven-day
visit meant to fan the fervor of the faithful around the globe. (AP
Photo/Domenico Stinellis)Read More ...
Menthol cigarettes worse than regular: FDA
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Republicans propose cuts to environment, arts programs
WASHINGTON
(AP) — House Republicans Monday proposed slashing cuts to environmental
programs and funding for the Smithsonian Institution and the arts as
they unveiled the latest legislation to implement the second year of
budget cuts required under so-called sequestration.Read More ...
LaGuardia runway open after rough Southwest landing
By
Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - A runway at New York City's
LaGuardia Airport, shut after a landing gear on a Southwest Airlines jet
collapsed on touchdown Monday evening, was reopened Tuesday morning, an
airport spokesman said. Eight people, including three crew members,
suffered minor injuries after the incident, Southwest said. Flight
delays of up to an hour were expected for the rest of the morning, said
Steve Coleman, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New
Jersey, which runs the area's airports. ...Read More ...
Al Jazeera TV accuses Egypt of intimidating its staff
DOHA
(Reuters) - The pan-Arab Al Jazeera television network accused Egyptian
authorities on Tuesday of a sustained campaign of intimidation against
its staff, rejecting charges of pro-Islamist bias in its reporting on
the crisis in Egypt. Hours after the Egyptian military ousted Islamist
President Mohamed Mursi on July 3, security forces raided the Cairo
offices of Al Jazeera's Egyptian news channel, which military sources
accused at the time of broadcasting "incitement". ...Read More ...
Mob scene after Pope makes wrong turn
A humble Fiat carrying Pope Francis went into the thick of a frenzied Rio crowd.Read More ...
What the heck is Ted Cruz doing in Iowa?
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Confidential Sen. Ted Cruz had never won an election before Texans
elected him to the Senate last year, but already the Republican’s travel
schedule looks more like that of a presidential candidate than one for a
freshman lawmaker, with stops in key battleground states like Iowa, New
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